IRAF on UBUNTU (URGENT)

ross58 · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 2

After a whole day spent in front of my lap I have to ask for help again.
I�m trying to install scisoft on ubuntu.
I have followed the instruction supplied by the install file.
Everything seems to work at first sight but there are problems now and then.
I have substituted the IB and NB dir with the files ib.lnux.x86.gz and
nb.lnux.x86.gz as suggested.
The first probems arise when I write
. /scisoft/bin/Setup.bash
in fact I get
barbara@ubuntu:/scisoft/bin$ . /scisoft/bin/Setup.bash
bash: [: missing `]'
bash: i686: command not found

and when I write :

cd $iraf/unix/hlib
and then:

./install -n

I get:

The AS, IB, and NB distribution files are shown where they
*** should be unpacked. Please verify the structure and the
*** system architecture.

What shall I do?

Besides, some instruction say that I should also substitute the utilities of extern/Iraf.
I have found where to get them but I would like to receive some step by step notes if it�s possible

Thank you
Ross58

emiliano · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject:

Hello Ross,

the Setup.bash is not part of the iraf system, but comes from the scisoft installation, and is used by each user to set the right environment variables needed by scisoft applications (and then, by iraf).

rubab · Joined: 18 Jun 2007 Posts: 17

This page describes how to setup IRAF on a Ubuntu/Debian machine. Apart from the exact commands, there are some instructions in square brackets that need to be followed. Installation of X11IRAF, DS9, Tables, and STSDAS are included.

http://geco.phys.columbia.edu/~rubab/iraf/

Santiago · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:05 am Post subject: i tried that

i tried that but there is no libncurses4 library to install, i enabled all repos, including backports... there is one lib that is libncurses5... but i don't know if it is correct to install this instead.
And when installing ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk linux32, it says that:
Package ia32-libs-gtk is a virtual package provided by:
ia32-libs 2.2ubuntu11
but 2.2ubuntu11 lib is not found on the repos... again don't know if there is something missing here...

hey thanks for the reply!

Best regards,

Santiago Roland.-
Los Molinos Observatory
IAU code 844
Montevideo, Uruguay

Gregorio · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 5 Location: Portugal

Hi Barbara and all,

I've done several successful installations of Iraf under Ubuntu.
In one of those installs I followed the instructions of Rubab and in the my last Iraf 2.14 /Ubuntu 8.06LTS I used a cd install. You can burn the ISO into a CD or like I did, installed Gmount-iso and then run the ISO file calling it from the Gmount-iso program.
This ISO I found in a webpage from Fernando Avila, a Spanish fellow,
http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/~favilac/linastro.html and here is the link to download the iso.
http://www.astro.uson.mx/%7Efavilac/downloads/ubuntu-iraf/iso/IRAF_Ubuntu.iso.
It also install :
DS9
Pyraf
STSDAS
TABLES
etc...

I hope this tip helps a lot of unexperienced user like me to get their ubuntu / iraf to work.

Joao

Santiago · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: still doesn't work

I downloaded the CD iso and noticed that it is only for 32 bit machines... so, it can't install the libraries in the first place.

My system is Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04 LTS) for the AMD64 bit architecture processor....

If anyone made IRAF work on a machine like this... please let me know how...

Best Regards,

Santiago.-

Gregorio · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 5 Location: Portugal

Santiago,

This link http://mjhutchinson.com/journal/2006/11/05/install_iraf_on_ubuntu_edgy_amd64
Shows how this guy did it on Edgy, perhaps you can see how its done and give it a try.

Make sure you read all before you try...read also the comments posted at the end of the article.

Good luck

Joao Gregorio
www.atalaia.org/gregorio

favilac · Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Hermosillo

Hi, I'm the author of the cd installer.

I have an updated script installer here:
http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/~favilac/downloads/ubuntu-iraf/files/install-ubuntu64.sh

Or, you can edit the install script you already have to add the dependencies "ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk linux32", in the DEPS line of the install.sh file.

Let me know if it works for you.

favilac · Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Hermosillo

Ok, I've noticed a small problem in the scripts, which are now corrected.

The install scripts for debian and ubuntu, for 32 and 64 bits are here:

An updated iso with all the installers will be up tomorrow night.

Gregorio · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 5 Location: Portugal

Hi Fernando,

Thanks for your trouble. It's great to have such an installer.

Joao Gregorio

lpetras · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 16

lpetras · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 16

oops forgot the details:

running install-ubuntu64.sh on Ubuntu8.04-x64. No errors up too the point were it starts to compile for PyRaf..

Linas

Jason Quinn · IRAF Guru Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 151

favilac · Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Hermosillo

lpetras>

You need to install libc6-dev-amd64 .

Because I install early on build-essential I overlooked that I need to specify it in the DEPS field of the installer.

I'll have the updated files tonight. For the moment, installing this package should do it.